Caregiver perspectives for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood giardiasis in Havana City, Cuba. A qualitative study

Acta Tropica

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Escobedo, Angel A ^a   Almirall, Pedro ^b   Alfonso, Maydel ^b   Ávila, Ivonne ^c   Cimerman, Sérgio ^d   Salazar, Yohana ^e   Dawkins, Isabel V ^c   García, Rosa M ^a  

^a Academic Paediatric Hospital Pedro Borras   (Cuba)

^b Faculty of Medicine Comandante Manuel Fajardo   (Cuba)

^c Academic Paediatric Hospital Centro Habana   (Cuba)

^d INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Awareness; Behaviour; Focus group discussions; Giardia; Mothers

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; PATHOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ABNORMAL FECES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BOILING WATER; BRUXISM; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD GIARDIASIS; CUBA; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; DUODENAL TUBE ASPIRATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIARDIASIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; KNOWLEDGE; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MALODOROUS STOOL; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WASHING VEGETABLE; WATER TREATMENT; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CUBA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; HAVANA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79960570559     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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